Night By Elie Weisel

To suffer, as defined in the dictionary, means to undergo or feel pain or big(p) distress. Another way to say it is to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss. And yet another(prenominal) way to definesuffering is to say to endure or be afflicted with something temp or chronic in ally. If they wereto ask Elie Wiesel what his definition of suffering was, he would founder a lot to say and what het centenarian them would be more horrible than their wildest dreams. It is hard to allude to something ofthe magnitude of Elies suffering, without actually being there, exactly after nurture his contain I have awhole brisk understanding and sympathy for the final solution victims.Elies story took place while he was a precise young boy, approximately 14. His friend(t consume beggar) Moshe, had been somewhat helping with his studies until all the foreigners wereforced to leave the town. mouse back in several weeks later Moshe told of the stories that hehad witnessed. They were gruesome ac counts of what the Nazis were doing to innocentchildren. His stories were payed teentsy attention, but soon the townspeople were being forced toleave and move towards ghettos. From there it was just waiting till they were moved by insure tothe concentration camps.Once off the train, Elie and his pose were separated from Eliesmother and sister, unforesightful did he know that he would never see them again. Through bribery andfriendships along the way he managed to stay close to his aging father. littler respect and evenless food was given to the captives while they performed labor intensive tasks in the quarries. During the day work was performed and if anyone was caught doing anything illegal the weremurdered in front of anybody to set an practice session of what would happen if an escape was tried.Throughout Elies horrific ordeal, he would perpetually comment on the night. This wasfitting being the name of the book, but also because that is the cartridge holder most of us do our reflection. It is time spent alone and it broad a chance to sort out your thoughts and be one with yourself. dark was probably when reality set in. Elie would often compare himself and the othervictims to the trials that Job went through. If you remember, the book of Job did not explain the mystery of suffering but explored the mentation of faith in the midst of suffering.It started out as adiscussion between monster and God on the loyalty of his servants. heller proposed that if he wereto gravel apart all of Jobs values in life that he would indeed curse the name of God. God agreedto let Job be tested but his live could not be taken from him. So, Satan did take away every thingincluding his family, his house, and all of his livestock. Then to top it he afflicted Job with boilsand sores all over his body. Job had no caprice all of this was being make to him but his friendsseemed to think that it was because he had done something wrong and God was punishing him forit. Elie felt the same way but at the end of Jobs story God tries to elaborate Jobs life to the statefrom which it came. Elie was not as lucky. Elies wellness was deteriorating but his old father felt it worse. They were bothmalnourished but at Elies young age he could hold out a little longer. On January 29 were Elieawoke his father was gone. His father lack of health and old age was his downfall. The death ofhis father made Elie and stronger person with only his own well-being on his mind.He no longerhad to worry if his father was retentiveness up with the work or that he had enough food. He wasliving for himself. This new focused energy is what kept Elie from dying himself. Not too longafter his fathers death the Allies moved in and Elie and the few rest prisoners wereliberated. This was a time of joy for some but also a time of sadness in remembrance of all whohad gone forwards them. Before reading this book I had a somewhat atheist view of what exactly had taken placeduring th e war.While reading this book I believed this mans testimony 100%. It was beyond mycomprehension how something like this could have and did take place. The only thought that Ihad at the completion of this book was, what most the other victims (non-jews). I guess becausethis was only one mans story and Jews were the only people he saw so that is what he wroteabout. This book really makes you think about all the freedoms that I (WE) take for grantedeveryday. I have learned to view the Holocaust in an all new perspective.